The Paper Bags

Today was the last day of Global issues and we got to know a lot about the Kolkata, India. We got to know that there were around more than 185 million people who worked as child labor. They worked on making cigarette, paper bags, plastic bags etc. Today we got into families of five and made paper bags for the people. Ten to fifteen paper bags were worth Rs.1. We made nearly 200 paper bags. My family earned about Rs. 10 in 20 minutes of time. In an hour my family earned about Rs. 30. If we would have kept on working making paper bags for 10 hours our family must have earned about Rs. 300. In a month we could have earned up to Rs. 9000. Today I learnt how hard the poor have to work to earn a living. I saw how much they have to sweat to eat food. I think we should help the poor more often and make their lives better.

In my opinion Global Issues is one of the best classes around. We get to do physical stuff and we also get to play games based on life. We saw how many poor people there are around te world and how hard they have to work. I think this class was the best as we got to learn a lot and I also learnt to help the poor. :)

Ayiti- The poverty circle

Haiti is one of the countries that has too much natural disasters. Currently there was a huge earthqauake that struck Haiti and it damaged it a lot. Why do all of the massive earthquakes have to hit the poor country where the people are struck in poverty? There is also one of the biggest problems in Haiti- Cholera! Since there are a lot of natural disasters and lot of damage Haiti can't fix the damages as it doesn't have enough money.

What human rights are being denied to them?

The people in Haiti can't even escape the natural disasters as they might have gotten late or they just didn't have enough money for the plane.

What action is being taken to address this lack of rights?

There are currently many things going on around the world to save Haiti. There are many programs and fund-raisers so that they can collect money and send it to Haiti so they can fix all their problems they are having.

Discuss the difficulties faced by this country as it tries to recover from the earthquake.

These are the main difficulties that the people nin Haiti are facing while recovering from the earthquake:

1) People die

2) Houses are destroyed

3) Crops- No food

4) Buisness establishments get destroyed

5) Immediate problem of feeding the survivors who have lost their family members, houses and source of income etc.

Why can some countries rebuild faster than others, and what is it about Haiti that put it at a disadvantage?

Haiti is caught in a low income cycle, with poor human capital and technology. The people have a low literacy level. Medical services are very poor resulting in wide spread diseases.

Suggest how this country can cope in the forthcoming years.

They can make earthquake resistant buildings to save human lives and other assets. They should develop better medical facilities to curb diseases. They have to find ways to maintain supply of food and water for the affected people immediately after the earthquake.

1. What was it like playing the game?

It was a good game. It showed us how hard it is to live in places like Haiti and it also showed us how we should deal with money in bad circumstances.

2. What was the game about and how would you describe it to a friend?

I would tell my friend that it is a good game and it shows how your generations are disturbed if you get into the cycle of poverty.

3. Which ‘primary objective’ did you choose, and why?

4. What types of decisions did you have to make about the family members while playing the game and trying to achieve your objective?

I had to see if everyone was alright or no, if somebody was sick I would take that person to the hospital so they could get better and start working again.

5. What strategies did you use? For example, did you combine work and school, or did you send anyone to school? Which worked? Which did not?

I sent everyone in school so they could study and gain some education about things.

6. Why would parents choose to devote so much effort sending their children to school?

Parents should send their children to school as the children can get some education and can work to be a engineer or something else later on.

7. What obstacles did you face in trying to keep the children in school?

I did not have that much money to send the children to school but I still tried as hard as possible to get the children some knowledge.

8. How do the situations and options in the game compare with those in your own community / country?

In the game we have situations where we ave to decide as we decide in the game. We have to decide what to choose as crops or as tools. We have to see what thing leads to what and what thing leads to the other.

9. Why is access to education a huge challenge as LEDC’s try to develop?

Access to education is a huge challenge because people of the country have no interest to study. They think that they don't need the education because they finish the conversation by talking. They do not need to write and read because you can talk. It is also a huge challenge because people do not have the money to spend on education.

10. Why is it vital to a country’s development to educate its people – especially women?

Women need to have education because in most of the families that are poor, the men go to work outside and normally they don't have the time to educate their children. So the who normally stay near their children and they are the ones who need to give education to their children. They become the children's teacher as there is no money

11. Suggest some ways that countries could prioritize education, even for women, even in the countryside. How can they do this?

Some ways that people can prioritize education are:

• Open more schools near the place of residence of the villagers
• Free books and stationary should be provided to children
• Children should be placed in classes with the same level of education

12. Think back to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Look at the 8 targets.

Look at how Haiti is doing so far. What will the targets be in the next 5 years for this country?

Look at the MDG ‘Progress So Far’ website and search for Haiti to get the latest information.

Haiti has improved a lot in the past few years. It now has a good level of education and it is still improving. I think its targets will be to make more money to educate more people. It will try to make it a better state by making more buildings such as medical buildings and educational buildings. They can also have buisness as some people have enough education to interact with people around the world.

SuDaN NoW

There are currently many problems in Sudan. The southern part of Sudan wants to be seperated from the Norhtern part. The oil found in the Southern part of Sudan is taken by the Northern part and the people of the Southern part starve because they get nothing to eat and they get very less money in excgange of the oil.

Currently the South part of Sudan is voting so that they can be seperate from the Northern part and so they can get money for the things they sell to the other countries. If I were one of the Southern Sudanese I would have definately voted to be apart from the Northern part and I would have wanted the Southern part to get its own money and land.

In the video the Sudanese person tells us about how many wars Sudan had gone through and how many people they had lost among the war. The had war for 2 decades and they had totally lost 2.5 million people in the war. The guy tells us that his country wants help and we can help it by visitin the site- http://sudanactionnow.org/.

I should actually care about this as I am a GI student and we see the issues that are going on around the world. We should all help the people in Sudan and try to solve the problems they are having. We should also help because it helps the world to be a better place to live in and we will also have peace.

Thank you for the people who have helped and if you haven't helped go to the website above and try to end the war before it even starts!

Create peace!!!

:)

3rd World Farmer

The purpose of playing this game is to show us how hard the life is of the LEDC's farmers is. There lives are really different from ours, and the game tells us how much different it is. Many people in the world are living really comfortable lives but they know nothing about the people who are living in poverty. So this game is to let them know how much comfortable they are and probably others are not. This game also inspires us to take action.

Througout the game I kept thinking what would happen if I would take something that would harm me. One time I was offered some kind of crop that I rejected as I knew that the result may not be pleasing.

There are two types of decisions. One of them is short-term decision and the other one is long- term decision. In the short- term decision you have to decide very fast and for a short period of time. In the long- term decision you have plenty of time to think and you can also plan about the future as you might have enough time.

The short- term decisions are really harmful as they can your life and even your children's life. They can harm the studies of your children and many more things of your children. The short- term decisions are also bad because once you get into it you will always have to make short- term decisions and it effects you life a lot. For example if your children's education is really low and you don't have enough for it so thats why you leave the education and use most of the money for medication and health care. In short- term decisions you only care about the day that is to approach. You only care about the money for tomorrow and not the day after it. You don't care about it because you might really need the money and you might not have the time to

think.

A long- term decision is when you have plenty of time to think and you can also benefit yourself for a long period of time. You make these kind of decisions when you have pretty much money and you also have enough time to think. Long- terms don't really effect you life or your children' life as you must have enough money for the future. The long- term decisions also help you get out of the poverty cycle you are in.

AIDS DAY REFLECTION

The worlds AIDS day was really fun. We collected a lot of money for the people having HIV/AIDS. We collected about RM 2,500. I am really happy when I heard that we had saved a person's life. It means a lot to me, the other students at ISKL and the world around to us as we had acc I liked to help Ms. Psillides to put the all the laptops away, and I got a little late for my humanities class. I will remember how I helped the people who had AIDS. I will also keep the shirt which I got. I think that the next years GI kids should do something like we did but they should change the games and they should change the type of the shirt. I thing that I learned from this project is that there are many people in the world who don't live a comfortable life and how they suffer from some common deseases. I have also learnt how to help them and what I can do to save their lives.

Things I should do for AIDS day

There are many things we can do for Aids day to raise money for the poor and needy. Some of the things we could do are:

• Face paint
• Football Match (staff .vs. students)
• Bake-sale
• Basketball Match
• Bands
• Simple Donations
• Red Ribbons
• Cakes (Red in color)
• Making Bracelets

What are global issues and why do I care?

Global issues are matters that effect everybody in the world even the animals. For example Global Warming and Pollution.  The polar bear you see at the side is being affected by Global Warming as the ice is melting and its habitat is vanishing.

I care for Global Issues because I want the whole world to be better and be cured of diseases. I don't want the world to be destroyed and I care for the world!!!